Russia Discovers 50 Billion Barrels of Oil in Burkina Faso After France’s Exit In the heart of the Sahel, where cracked earth stretches endlessly beneath a burning sun, you don’t expect to strike oil. Burkina Faso wasn’t supposed to be that kind of place. There were no legends of gushing wells, no offshore rigs, no powerful oil dynasties. It was known for its cotton, not crude. But in early 2025, beneath layers of sand and silence, a secret was pulled from the ground—an oil reserve so vast, it flipped every assumption about this country on its head. For decades, international companies bypassed Burkina Faso entirely. The big players—ExxonMobil, Shell, TotalEnergies—focused on established fields in Nigeria, Angola, Algeria. Burkina Faso? Too dry. Too risky. Too far from any port to matter. Exploration was minimal. Geopolitical instability scared investors. And yet, right under everyone’s nose, a buried empire of oil lay untouched. https://africanvibes(Please use archive.today)/gazproms-uncovers-50-billion-oil-in-burkina-faso/